The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-19
WELL-PAID MEN.
New Yorkers Who Receive Big Salaries for
Doing Things the World Wants Done.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW YORK, June 1S-The editor of one Of
the great dailies took novice into his Office
day.
"You may go on the reportorial staff, he said
to him. ut has been my experience that
money, women and choice foods make capital
newspaper stories. Whenever you can get
story in which money plays an important part
you have an article that will be read with inter-
est"
So what follows is all about money and the
weIl-known New Workers whose nimble fingers
chase the elusive dollar, or rather thousands of
them, each year.
There are q score Of men in New York who
are paid as much for tneir services each year as
tho President of the United States. Forty thou
sand dollars year is a very tidy salary. There
are hundreds Of men who get 5000 year
salary, and the number who get from ton TO
twenty thousand dollars ara legion. Very ordi-
nary men get from i've to eight thousand dollars
a year, or as much as q Cabinet officer DR..
Norvln Green, president of the Western Union
Telegraph Company. is paid $4,000. So is
Chauncey NJ. Depew. president of the New York
Central railroad. Richard NJ. McCurdy, pres-
dent of the Mutual Life Insurance Company,
gets . like amount John Hoey, president OF
Adams Express Company, fares equally as we'll
President Henry B. Hyde, OF the Equitable Life
Insurance Company, is also on the list George
G. Williams, president of the Chemical Ma
tional Bank, the richest banking Institution in
America with nearly s., 000, 900 of surplus. 500
coo, 900 average deposits, is paid salary of $25
600 yearly. President Potts, of the Park Bank.
and President Tappan. of the Gallatin National
Bank, receive like sum each twelve months.
The best paid minister in New York is DR..
John Hail. brainy man from the north OF
Ireland, who breaches to 100000 600 every
Sunday. His is the smallest church in town.
He owes his rise in life to Robert Bonner. of the
Ledger who found him preaching to . small
CONGREGATION in Dublin, and induced him to
come to America. He gets salary of $50. 600
a year, and makes S., 600 by his newspaper and
magazine articles He is given q luxuriously-
furnished house as we'll Dr. Morgan Dix the
chief pastor of Trinity Church Corporation,
the wealthiest in America, receives $15, 600
yearly. DR.. William LAYER. of the Broadway
Tabernacle, gets tho same amount He does
come up to $50, 900. DIR. Charles Hall, of the
Fifth avenue Presbyterian Church, is paid
5000. He il very eloquent, and his church is
crowded at all services DIR. ParkhursI of
Madison-souare Church, gets $12 000 He has a
large and distinguished congregation. Cyrus
w. Field is one of the pillars of tho church.
DR.. Paxton, VINO breaches TO Jay Gonld and
others less wealthy, is paid SIS, 900. The Rev.
Robert Collyer. the blacksmith preacher, Is paid
$4,000.
OF the editors Mr.. Stone of the Journal Of
Commerce, is paid 500. 000 He is the president
OF the Associated Press immensely wealthy,
lives in Brooklyn and has mania for choice
flowers and plants his collection is worth over
$3.50. 900. Charles A Dana, editor of the Sum- il
paid $l5 coo salary. but he is also largo stock
holder in the paper, and his income from this